1. The right of election was held by members of the Livery Companies. 2. The right of election before 1832 was in the freemen of the borough. 3. The right of election was vested in the burgesses and freemen. 4. The right of election was held by householders paying scot and lot, a local tax. 5. The right of election was vested solely in the corporation, but by the act of the 2nd of Wm. 6. The right of election was in Mayor and members of the Corporation, together with a number of freemen of the borough. 7. The right of election in Hedon was vested in the Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, inherited the patronage in turn when Anson died. 8. His admission was delayed, when the parishioners stood out for their right of election ; he was ordained at Brechin on 28 August 1745. 9. The right of election in Cockermouth was vested in the burgage tenants of the borough, of whom there were about 300 in 1832. 10. In the time of Charlemagne the king had the right to appoint the advocates, but many ecclesiastical institutions obtained the right of election .